We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
77 of its 107 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Caracas accounted for 41 of Venezuela's 77 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 30 of Caracas' 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Sweida accounted for 115 of Syria's 211 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 33 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
92 of its 213 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 19 of Dhaka's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).
Jerusalem accounted for 201 of Israel's 450 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
84 of its 307 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
9 of its 10 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 3 of el Faro's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
24 of its 94 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mexico (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in US (89 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 Jul. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 16,100 stories about harm among 87,092 counted on 18 Jul.
In Venezuela, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 87,092 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Venezuela. A year earlier, on 18 July 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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